Type Name:

ANNULAR WARE, CABLED

Category:

REFINED EARTHENWARE

Production Origin:

ENGLAND

Production Date Range:

1790-1820

Defining Attributes:

White to light cream colored, thin, hard, compact paste

Background glaze may be, very light blue on pearlware, or pale creamy yellow on creamware

Swirling, wavy lines of usually blue, black and white colored slip applied to a banded annular ware

Vessel Forms:

BOWL
CHAMBER POT
MUG
PITCHER

Comments:

Wormy finger painted is also known as cabling and worming, and is found most commonly on pearlwares.

Published Definitions:

Noel Hume 1969, Sussman 1997